Security News

Security Risks of Shortened URLs (Schneier blog)
2016-04-18 11:17

Short URLs plus cloud services equal bad security (Help Net Security)
2016-04-15 20:48

Short URLs are great when they lead to public websites, and documents and files that aren’t meant to remain private, but you should think twice about using them to lead collaborators to content...

Short URLs a Big Problem for Cloud Collaboration, Stored Data (Threatpost)
2016-04-15 15:31

A newly published research paper exposes weaknesses in short URLs used by cloud-based services such as OneDrive that put supposedly private data at risk.

Microsoft's OneDrive short URLs pointed attackers right at your private files (ZDNet)
2016-04-15 14:46

URL shorteners reveal your trip to strip club, dash to disease clinic research (The Register)
2016-04-15 12:01

Guess what? URL shorteners short-circuit cloud security (ArsTechnica)
2016-04-14 23:31

Here is how to check a shortened URL (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2016-02-27 14:10

Baidu Browser transmitting IMEI, location, URLs visited, CPU model number: Citizen Lab (ZDNet)
2016-02-24 07:57

I wrote a Chrome extenstion to quickly copy disruptive unicode and naughty strings (RTL overrides, zalgo, regional indicators, etc.) onto your clipboard - spend less time googling and URL escaping your injections and more time pen-testing (Reddit)
2016-01-17 21:41

Using external URL shorteners for internal needs may lead to sensitive data leaks (Help Net Security)
2015-09-23 14:51

Using external URL shortener services to create better-looking links to internal company documents, sensitive files and internal websites is a practice that company employees should avoid, says securi...